I don’t know how old I am. My earliest memory is something along the lines of fire good, ice bad, so I think I predate written history, but I don’t know by how much. I like to brag that I’ve been there from the beginning, and while this may very well be true, I generally just say it to pick up girls.
–Adam the Immortal
What is Immortal?
Immortal is a mash-up of science fiction, contemporary fantasy, and historical fiction, with elements of action/adventure and humor tossed in.
At the center of the novel is the narrator, Adam.
I’ve been in quite a few tight situations in my long life. One of the first things I learned was if there’s going to be a mob panic, don’t be standing between the mob and wherever it is they all want to go. The second thing I learned was, don’t try to run through fire.
–Adam the Immortal
Who is Adam?
Adam is a sixty-thousand year old man. (Approximately.) He doesn’t get old– he looks no older than thirty-two– and he doesn’t get sick, but he is 
otherwise entirely capable of being killed. His survival has hinged on an innate ability to adapt, his wits, and a fairly large dollop of luck.
Having lived through the dawn of civilization, Adam makes for an excellent guide. When he’s sober.
“Is this magic? Did you cast a spell or something?”
“Of course not,” I said. ‘There’s no such thing as magic.”
She looked at me with the kind of disbelieving expression only a vampire can give to an immortal man who doesn’t believe in magic.
–Adam the Immortal
Is Adam magic?
Adam has a lot to say about history, populated not just by some familiar names but a fair number of other species: vampires, demons, pixies, and other things most of us would describe as magical in nature. But by his reckoning, there is no such thing as magic, and there never has been.
As Adam points out, there are a great many things in history Mankind has misinterpreted, and the supernatural is one of those things. It doesn’t mean there aren’t vampires, but perhaps they aren’t as mysterious and dangerous as humans take them to be.
Although perhaps sometimes they are exactly that dangerous. Demons may not come from the pit of hell, but that doesn’t mean they’re any fun to be around.
It is a known fact that most creatures will run in the face of a well-swung broom. Even some larger creatures, like tigers. Honest.
–Adam the Immortal
What kind of book is this, really?
Immortal is a contemporary fantasy for people who don’t read contemporary fantasy. It incorporates most of the usual aspects of modern fantasy without any of the usual tropes. What would an immortal man really do with his time? (Other than drink?) What would he care about?
Most science fiction tackles the future. Immortal instead turns an eye to the past. Most contemporary fantasy employs magic in some form. Immortal has none.
Immortal is something a little new, then: a world described by a modern cave man, a pragmatist before there was such a thing, an observational humorist with the entirety of history at his disposal. Immortal is unlike anything you’ve read before.
There was always a game, some time, somewhere, that absolutely had to be watched. ESPN may eventually be the end of Western civilization as we know it. And I should know, having witnessed the end of Western civilization at least four times.
–Adam the Immortal
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June 17, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Wow, man. You’ve been talking about this non-stop, so I though I’d check it out. It’s a pretty good sign when the website would’ve sold me on it without ever having met you online. Sounds really good.
- Ray
June 17, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Wow, thanks Ray. Good to hear. But does that mean my non-stop Twitter promoting has become tiresome?
July 9, 2010 at 2:05 am
I absolutely love Adam’s twitter feed – he’s got a great sense of humor and snark :>.
I look forward to the book!
July 9, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Thanks! He can use some followers…
August 2, 2010 at 11:41 am
I enjoyed reading this! The book sounds unique — something in short supply these days — a clever and amusing take on history and the human race itself. Adam is funny as hell even as he’s being sincere.
August 2, 2010 at 11:48 am
Nikki– Thanks! Great to hear from you!
August 2, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Is it October yet?
How ’bout now?
- Ray
August 4, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Awesome job on this!
Please let people know it will be available immediately upon release through Amazon, eventually to follow at bookstores at a later date.
-Your Publisher
August 20, 2010 at 1:21 am
Gene!, i haven’t seen you in a long time, well pretty much since Print Error, no comment on that one, and since you wrote my college script so i could shoot my final film project for class. haha I think it was originally called, “It’s not you, it’s me” and maybe possibly one of the 48hfp but anyways I’m only telling so you’d remember me, but dahaaamn. It’s awesome to see this project come to a head, I’m definitely going to pick a copy up. Any Idea where I can get one. Barnes and Nobles? :p I see Amazon for now.
December 1, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Interesting!
December 1, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it!
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May 17, 2011 at 11:33 am
I caught a review of your book on wired.com – which alone intrigued me – but then there was a link to the first few pages of the sequel to Immortal – which I couldn’t help but read.
And after just those 4 pages – I purchased Immortal from amazon just like that. I can already tell if Adam has learned one thing in over 60,000 years – it’s a great sense of humor and wit.
I’m looking forward to reading it when it arrives in a couple of days and will post back when I have finished!
May 17, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Geoffrey! Glad you found the book. Hope you enjoy it!
May 23, 2011 at 2:27 pm
one word … amazing …
I literally finished the whole book in a little over two days of casual reading.
Not only have I recommended the book to my wife – but also my dad – who I think will both equally enjoy it.
So now I really only have one question -
When does the sequel come out? =)
May 23, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Geoffrey, I love your enthusiasm. You win “fan of the day” at least.
Hellenic Immortal’s timeline is probably going to have it out in 2012, hopefully in the first couple of months of the year, but hang in there; it might not be until May.
Until then, what I need is as many vocal, enthusiastic readers as I can get…! Building readers helps! Especially in negotiating with distributors and what-not. So keep on shouting…
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